Bachelor Cooking: a Country Breakfast in an Iron Skillet

I recently participated in a Reddit gift exchange.ย  You know my feelings on Reddit, I have a love-hate relationship with them.ย  But I do love the gift exchanges. After sending out a cookbook to my giftie, my Santa (not the same person) sent me two cookbooks – a “weeknight cookbook for two” (great for Date…

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Bachelor Cooking: Pork Chops with Mushrooms

It’s easy to presume that, as a bachelor, I would live on a “royal” diet – Burger King, Dairy Queen, ha ha – but recently I picked up a cookbook from the “Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond, that offers simple recipes that anybody can enjoy. Okay, I’ll gamble and try this out. The first recipe I…

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To the smokehouse!!

It’s the first real weekend of warm weather.ย  Sunshine.ย  Decent temperatures. And for me, it’s a chance to get outside and have some fun.ย  And do some stuff.ย  Lots of stuff. And for me, that “do some stuff” includes finding a new butcherie. A while back, my local butcherie, Henry’s Meats in Waterford, closed up.ย …

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Bachelor Cooking: in a Cast Iron Skillet

I ruined one of my frying pans a week or so ago.ย  Burnt food, and I couldn’t scrape the leavings out.ย  Grr.ย  Tossed away a decent skillet. So I needed a new 10-inch skillet.ย  Time to go shopping… And eventually, I took a chance on buying a cast iron skillet. This from a man who…

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Bachelor Cooking: Fried Pierogis

First off, if I’m going to do these “Bachelor Cooking” recipes, I should add a searchable category on the blog for them.ย  So I did. Now that the housekeeping is out of the way… One of the good things about bachelor cooking is that if you don’t want to wimp out and get fast food,…

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Bachelor Cooking: Panko Fried Steak

Welcome to another episode of Chuck Miller’s “Bachelor Cooking,” where I show you tasty and nutritious meals that can be cooked for a single serving.ย  Or as Steve Barnes might call it, “Who is this Chuck Miller person and why is he trying to poison the Capital District with these recipes?” So here’s the deal.ย …

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Bachelor Cooking: Roasted Vegetables for One

In an effort to make some major health changes in my diet, I’ve been looking at recipes for various delicacies.ย  And in my searches, I came across a recipe for roasted vegetables, as offered by someone called the Pioneer Woman.ย  Never heard of her before, but many of my Facebook friends swear by her recipes,…

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Bachelor Breakfast: Whip it out and bang it on the counter!

Last week, while traveling through Greene County for some last-minute fall foliage photos, I saw this little local meat market / butcherie.ย  Now if you know me, you know that I am a sucker for regional products.ย  One right turn and a quick parking job later, I was in the meat market, looking at the…

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